FÉDÉRATION AÉRONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE
FAI BALLOONING COMMISSION (CIA)
CIA JURY BOARD
REFRESHER TEST PAPER FOR CIA APPROVED JURORS
VERSION 1996
Effective date: March 8, 1996
This Test Paper is not part of the CIA Jury Board's mandatory Juror qualifying test procedure. You are
not required to take this test, you are invited to take it.
The questions relate to new developments in the Sporting Code General Section and Section One, and
the Jury Handbook.
1. In a sporting event, an entrant qualifies as an FAI Applicant. How do you define this quality?
a) A person representing an FAI Officer.
b) A person entered by the FAI Secretary General.
c) A person unable to represent an NAC, authorised to participate by the FAI Council or the
CIA.
2. What is an International Team?
a) A group of more than one competitors representing different countries.
b) A group of more than one competitors of different nationalities.
c) A group of more than one competitors representing more than one NAC or FAI.
3. How is the identity of participants proved?
a) By the participant's sporting licence.
b) By the participant's entry confirmation issued by the organisers.
c) By the participant's identification document issued by or on behalf of the government of
his country of residence.
4. What is a courtesy invitation in respect of CIA First Category Events?
a) Mandatory invitation issued by the organising NAC to the FAI and CIA Presidents to assist to the Opening/Closing ceremonies.
b) Invitation issued by the organising NAC to a participant from a non-eligible NAC.
c) Mandatory invitation issued by the organising NAC to the winner of the previous event.
5. The following statement "The Event Director has the right to be present at Jury Meetings" is
correct.
a) Yes
b) Yes, but only to give written evidence before the Jury.
c) No, the Event Director's right is limited to the right to give both written and oral evidence before the Jury.
6. The statement "Jury decision(s) will be reached by secret ballot" is
a) true,
b) wrong,
c) only true if the secret ballot is requested by a Jury Member.
7. When do organisers have to distribute Event Rules to the Event Officials?
a) as soon as possible after CIA approval,
b) not later than three months before the start of the event,
c) not later than at the beginning of the General Briefing.
8. The Event Director states that he has the right to be present at any time at the Jury Meeting.
a) You agree and allow the Event Director to be present for the whole Jury Meeting,
including the Jury deliberations.
b) You disagree and inform the Event Director that he only has a right to give both written
and oral evidence.
c) You agree because the Event Director's operational rights include control of the Jury
Meetings.
9. You are Jury President of a three Members Jury at a Category One International Event, and
you find out at the first Jury Meeting that one the Jurors is not fluent in English. What do you
do?
a) Nothing, because the second language at this event is this Juror's mother tongue.
b) You allow this Juror to bring his interpreter to the Jury Meetings.
c) You carefully consider the implications and you inform the CIA President about the
problem, and you request an immediate working solution.
10. Arriving at an event where you are a Jury Member, short on local cash, you wish to be
reimbursed for the agreed travel expenses. Who is the responsible person to go to?
a) The Event Director,
b) the Event Manager,
c) the President of the local NAC.
11. Prior to the start of the event, a protest against a decision on a complaint as described in GS
5.1.2 is presented to you by an entrant. How do you handle this protest?
a) You do not accept the protest because the event has not yet started.
b) You accept the protest and hand it to the Event Director.
c) You accept the protest and call a Jury Meeting within 24 hours.
12. Please state (on this page), in your order of importance, the three major responsibilities of a
Jury.
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Each question has a correct answer of either a, b or c. Circle the correct answer for each question and
send this page only to:
Hans ÅKERSTEDT
Sveavägen 19b
S-181 60 Lidingö
Sweden
NAME: __________________________________________________________
1. a b c 7. a b c
2. a b c 8. a b c
3. a b c 9. a b c
4. a b c 10. a b c
5. a b c 11. a b c
6 a b c
Date: ____________________________________ Signed: _________________________
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